Ice-creeper.



J. E. GERRY.

ICE GREEPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1911.

Patented June 20,-1911.

i To all whpm'it may concern:

UNITED STATES P T N QFFIQE,

JAMES EDWARD GERRY, or son'rn BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON.

ICE-CREEPER.

'Beit known that I, JAMES Enwhnn GERRY, a citizen of the United States,resid- 'ing .at south Bellingham, in the county of Whatcom and State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIce-Creepers, of which the following is a specification.

' My lnventlon relates to certain new and useful lmprovements in icecreepers, and the object of my invention is to provide an ice creeperwhich'may be securely attached to the boot or shoe of the wearer, andone in which the ice dog may beturned up when not in useand held in suchupturned position, the dog when in use being also locked in its loweredor operative position. A further object of my invention is to pro- 'videan ice creeper-which shall be simple in construction, eflicie-nt inoperation and composed otfew parts.

1 With these and other objects'in view my invention consists in certainconstructions, combinations and arrangement of parts, the preferred formof which will be first .described in connection with the accompanyingdrawings and then the invention particularly pointedout in the appendedclaims.

r --Referring to the drawings wherein the samepart is designated by thesame reference numeral wherever it occurs, Figure 1 is a side view-of ashoe with my preferred form of creeper secured thereto, the dog beingshown in full lines in its position when not in use, and in dotted linesin its down, or operative position. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of theshoe shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view. of the creeper withi the dog shown in dotted lines in its operative position, and Fig. 4 isa perspective View of the creeper with the dog shown in operative.position. v

5 designates a plate having its rear end downturned to form the portion6, the portions 5 and (Sbeing provided with openings 7 adapted toreceive: screws 8 by means of which the plate 5'is secured to the shankof -the shoe, the downturncd port-ion 6 being also secured to the frontof the heel by n'ieans of screws 8, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.Preferably and as shown the plate 5 is curved so asto closely fit theshank. A pair of ears 9 extend from oppositesides of the p Specificationof Letters Patent. Patented June 20, 1911". Application filed March 27,1911. Serial No. 617,218.

the dog. Pivoted on to the plates), as by means of the pivot 12, is anear 13 extending laterally from'a locking bar 14, the end of which isadapted to engage the side. of the ice dog when the ice dog is inoperative position, as shown'in dotted lines in Fig. 3 When the dog isthrown down to its inop-' erat-ive position the catch is adapted toswing over the same and hold it in such inoperative position as shown bythe full lines in Fig. 3.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when once the creeper isfastened in position on the shank and front of the heel of the shoe itis only necessary toswing thelocking member ofi to one side in order tomove thev dog from its operative to inoperative fore do not intend ,tolimit myself to the specific form shown and described. Having thusdescribed my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent is: p

1. In an ice creeper, the combination with a plate adaptedto be securedto the shank of a shoe, of an ice dog pivotally mounted on the plate,and a locking bar pivoted on the plate and adapted tohold the dog ineither its operative or inoperative position.

2. In an ice creeper, the combination with a plate'adapted tobesecuredto the shank of ashoe, said plate having'a downwardly extendingportion adapted tobesecured to the front of a heel, of an ice 'dogpivotally mountedon the plate adjacent said-down turned portion, and alocking bar pivoted on the 'plate' and adapted to hold the dog 'in'either its operative or inoperative position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JAMES EDWARD GERRY. Witnesses:

WILLIAM BROWN, T. F. BnvANs.

